The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1887-08-03
Nj, Tidal Explains lis Speech.
lit Was NisrcprcscmsaG and No Twist
mc Will CoHStrue ii 10 4tan an II
lack Oh any Glass or T"Wr.

EpE:or OF NAMING Ym,s: Noul
j comments on the last farmers meet
ing entirely nrisHeiTesents. rn!Eten
tionally, I hope. l neve- thought o!
intended at any time. anywhere. u
convey any such impression.
After the discussion OF Mr.. Dcs
EChamps' experiment, took occasion
to point out the importance of an Ex
speriment Station, and explained the
Legislation on the ssbject. l then ex
planned the object and the whole ain
of the Farmers Movements
First to secure the organization @.
the farmers of the State IL repre-
sentative Association, under tue guld
anee of q representative Board o
Agriculture composed Of our wises'
and best farmers.
Second: To inspire our people with
more general appreciation of the nee,
essity of education and to establish
such educational institutions as viii
secure the progress and development
of our agriculture, and the future pro-
lection and elevation of the farmers.
Upon the importance OF q farmers
organization, l said; l. the s;reai
Estruggle of LIFE. all other great indus
tries are organized and Lave their as
sociations. Banks, Railroad corpora.
tons, commerce, manufactures, etc,
struggling to advance their own inter-
ests ard expecting every other 70 90
FOR itself r...e same. The farmers can
not possibly hold their own IL this
| great race without organization and
education. The distinguished Chioan,
J. H. Brigham, in a speech to the
farmers Of Ohio, said: ''Ifth farmers
'sfail to organize, the future q agricul-
.sture will be repetition OF the expert
"erce of older nations; agriculture
will be desrised, neglected. unneces-
sssarily burdened, and finally sink into
! sdecay and ruin. Although we far
soutnumber those in every other IL
"terest, this does not relieve us OF the
! necessity of organization, for mum
s:bsrs without it is an clement oIweak-
aness rather than strength. ."
Senator George, at Washington IL
a speech sud: THE farmers without
'sorganiz. zion can no more maintain
themselves IL tie face Of other organ
:size3 ministries. than raw militia
:'could withstand 4 we'll disciplined
army" OGl Commissioner Of Aell-
culture in the April number OF the
agricultural report, quotes the asser-
ton and fully endorses it. It is just
what I have contended for years.
When we see almost aihe entire farm
ing population weighed down with
debt; their clildrensSrowins up with
out education, and the statistics show
ing that while there has been an enor-
mous.increase of veal; il the State,
it 9las been in other industries and not
in farming; while our promising boys,
who do get education, are leaving tie
farm for any other pursuit-we might
Justly pause and consider. Ii the
farmers continue to neglect education
as heretofore, and neglect crgapiza-
ton and every legitimate means Of re-
storing equal succcss,to then business,
as others have secured, they must IL
evitably sink lower and lower IL social,
business. and political influence. Here
I pointed out What could and would
come upon us. should I'll the education
and organized forces Of society, belong
to other pursuits, by citing the ccndi-
ton of agriculture in certain part o!
Europe, where the owners of land Asd
all gone to the city and left its critiva
ton to a most helpless and Ignorant
peasantry. I have been much abused
for my opinions. 4 man told ne,
:srhey have given you the devil for
some months Il presume for the
farmers movement Who 'they" are,
I have no idea, but no man in South
Carolina has expressed himself la%:e
iully and frankly. TO the public. ad-
j vocated my opinions on the stump,
published them in full in the papers
WITH ny name attached, and contend,
Ell for them earnestly II the leSisla-
! turs OF the State. The press was open
to all to express their dissent. Upon
the stump they could have been re,
Piled to and the people had the pow.
:, er to defeat them. for nothing was
concealed. I made no war upon any
class or individual; nor does the fara1
ers movement oppose or antagonlzf
any class Of citizens, as some, l1os
unroasonably t.y to circulate. A !iienc
said the other day that some woult
> like to Join the socie5y but are afraic
of the merchants! Ny friends, we art
5 not opposing the merchants! IN nc
, way CT se..sc 10 we oppose Their lawi;'
business. Nor do We oppose tue law
ye.,s or asy other class. We ase s.m
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